Louise remembered sitting in the plush blue seat of the waiting room. Beside her sat her seven year old daughter Claudia, crying. They were waiting to see the dentist, who the girl hated.
“Mommy, I don’t want to see the dentist! I’m scaaared!” the little girl whined.
“Dear, it’ll be okay. The doctor will just check your teeth and perhaps do a little thing or two, and it’ll be done. There’s nothing to be scared about, Claudie,“ her mother replied.
“What if he does the circle whirling thing to my teeth?”
“You’ll be fine, Claudia.”
“But it hurts! It makes my teeth feel funny!”
“Don’t worry, sweetie, I’ll make sure it won’t hurt you too much.”
“How?”
“I have a little trick.”
“What trick?”
“I’ll show you when you’re with the dentist.”
“Okay, ” said Claudia and smiled, calming down at last.
At that moment, someone came in through the glass doors of the dentist's office. Claudia stared wide-eyed as her favorite all-time idol, a yellow figure wearing a white shirt and brown pants, also known as SpongeBob SquarePants, stepped inside the office, singing out loud, "Oh, da-da-da, da-da-da, baby, baby, c’mon, c’mon, babyyy! Bop-bop-bop-boom-boom-booommm…”
Claudia thought his singing was hilarious! She laughed and laughed. She laughed until her sides hurt. She laughed until she was rolling around on the floor. When she finally calmed down, SpongeBob was there, smiling at her.
“Hello, are you alright? You were laughing very hard. I see you’re lucky; no one has accidentally stepped on you. You shouldn’t laugh too hard, you know. I’ve done it before, and rolled around on the floor too. People stepped all over me!" he said.
The girl stood up to face him. “Oh, SpongeBob, I’m fine! You’re my favorite cartoon character! You’re so funny! I never miss any of your shows!”
Then the door opened and someone else came in. It was Patrick, SpongeBob’s starfish best friend. He said, “Hey SpongeBob, I think Squidward will be okay now. Let’s go jellyfishing!”
“Yeah, yeah, jellyfishing! Let’s go!”
Claudia’s face lit up. “Oh, oh! Can I go tooo? Please??”
SpongeBob replied, “Of course you can. Come on!”
“Yayyy!! I’m going jellyfishing with SpongeBob and Patrick in Bikini Bottom! And I’m going to stay there foreverrr! Bye, Mommy! I’m going now!” And so the little girl, went with her two new friends to live in Bikini Bottom.
Louise was never very fond of the SpongeBob shows. She thought they were a bit stupid and lame. But she never prevented her daughter from watching them because it made her so happy, and she wanted her daughter to be happy. So when SpongeBob came in, and then later Patrick, she was so shocked, that all she could was stare at them with her mouth wide open. Several minutes later Louise still stared at the door, her eyes dazed.
Oh my god, did a real live SpongeBob SquarePants just come in and take my daughter away? Or did she go on her own free will? Or was it all just a dream? Yes, it was a dream. Yes, it was. All a dream. Soon I’m going to wake up in bed. And then my daughter is going to come in and jump in bed with me... Why am I not waking up?
She pinched herself on the arm as hard as she could. Why am I not waking up already? Am I going to wake up at all? Am I dead? No, of course not. I can’t be dead. No, this is real. This is reality, whether I like it or not… I should go find my daughter…but how…??
Fortunately, Louise lived in Miami, Florida, so the beach was only a few miles away. She was there now, staring out into the blue ocean and thinking. How am I going to find her..? SpongeBob is cartoon. Bikini Bottom is a cartoon. They don’t exist. But…I just saw them…What am I going to do?? I love my daughter. My only daughter. My only child. The only person alive who is related to me. I don’t have any more relatives, no more family… Scott, oh Scott, why did you have to leave me? Scott, my sweetheart, why did you have to leave so early? Too early…and now my daughter, my darling daughter… There’s no one left except me…
She crumpled down onto the sand. Tears streamed down her face. With her head buried in the sand, and her hands covering her face, she sobbed her heart out.
“Mommy, I don’t want to see the dentist! I’m scaaared!” the little girl whined.
“Dear, it’ll be okay. The doctor will just check your teeth and perhaps do a little thing or two, and it’ll be done. There’s nothing to be scared about, Claudie,“ her mother replied.
“What if he does the circle whirling thing to my teeth?”
“You’ll be fine, Claudia.”
“But it hurts! It makes my teeth feel funny!”
“Don’t worry, sweetie, I’ll make sure it won’t hurt you too much.”
“How?”
“I have a little trick.”
“What trick?”
“I’ll show you when you’re with the dentist.”
“Okay, ” said Claudia and smiled, calming down at last.
At that moment, someone came in through the glass doors of the dentist's office. Claudia stared wide-eyed as her favorite all-time idol, a yellow figure wearing a white shirt and brown pants, also known as SpongeBob SquarePants, stepped inside the office, singing out loud, "Oh, da-da-da, da-da-da, baby, baby, c’mon, c’mon, babyyy! Bop-bop-bop-boom-boom-booommm…”
Claudia thought his singing was hilarious! She laughed and laughed. She laughed until her sides hurt. She laughed until she was rolling around on the floor. When she finally calmed down, SpongeBob was there, smiling at her.
“Hello, are you alright? You were laughing very hard. I see you’re lucky; no one has accidentally stepped on you. You shouldn’t laugh too hard, you know. I’ve done it before, and rolled around on the floor too. People stepped all over me!" he said.
The girl stood up to face him. “Oh, SpongeBob, I’m fine! You’re my favorite cartoon character! You’re so funny! I never miss any of your shows!”
Then the door opened and someone else came in. It was Patrick, SpongeBob’s starfish best friend. He said, “Hey SpongeBob, I think Squidward will be okay now. Let’s go jellyfishing!”
“Yeah, yeah, jellyfishing! Let’s go!”
Claudia’s face lit up. “Oh, oh! Can I go tooo? Please??”
SpongeBob replied, “Of course you can. Come on!”
“Yayyy!! I’m going jellyfishing with SpongeBob and Patrick in Bikini Bottom! And I’m going to stay there foreverrr! Bye, Mommy! I’m going now!” And so the little girl, went with her two new friends to live in Bikini Bottom.
Louise was never very fond of the SpongeBob shows. She thought they were a bit stupid and lame. But she never prevented her daughter from watching them because it made her so happy, and she wanted her daughter to be happy. So when SpongeBob came in, and then later Patrick, she was so shocked, that all she could was stare at them with her mouth wide open. Several minutes later Louise still stared at the door, her eyes dazed.
Oh my god, did a real live SpongeBob SquarePants just come in and take my daughter away? Or did she go on her own free will? Or was it all just a dream? Yes, it was a dream. Yes, it was. All a dream. Soon I’m going to wake up in bed. And then my daughter is going to come in and jump in bed with me... Why am I not waking up?
She pinched herself on the arm as hard as she could. Why am I not waking up already? Am I going to wake up at all? Am I dead? No, of course not. I can’t be dead. No, this is real. This is reality, whether I like it or not… I should go find my daughter…but how…??
Fortunately, Louise lived in Miami, Florida, so the beach was only a few miles away. She was there now, staring out into the blue ocean and thinking. How am I going to find her..? SpongeBob is cartoon. Bikini Bottom is a cartoon. They don’t exist. But…I just saw them…What am I going to do?? I love my daughter. My only daughter. My only child. The only person alive who is related to me. I don’t have any more relatives, no more family… Scott, oh Scott, why did you have to leave me? Scott, my sweetheart, why did you have to leave so early? Too early…and now my daughter, my darling daughter… There’s no one left except me…
She crumpled down onto the sand. Tears streamed down her face. With her head buried in the sand, and her hands covering her face, she sobbed her heart out.